Uploaded January 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Books mentioned in this episode:

The Armies by Evelio Rosero
amzn.to/493q8E3
bookshop.org/a/103053/9780811218641

Stalingrad by Vasily Grossman
amzn.to/498NQgI
bookshop.org/a/103053/9781681373270

The Melancholy of Resistance by Laszlo Krasznahorkai
amzn.to/4pFjl9l
bookshop.org/a/103053/9780811215046

You Bright and Risen Angels by William Vollmann
amzn.to/4a9mr0y
bookshop.org/a/103053/9780140110876

House of Fury by Evelio Rosero
amzn.to/4qpBQOT
bookshop.org/a/103053/9780811234580

One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
amzn.to/3MRQ0Km
bookshop.org/a/103053/9780060883287

Tono the Infallible by Evelio Rosero
amzn.to/4ph97uR
bookshop.org/a/103053/9780811228817

Europe Central by William T. Vollmann
amzn.to/4qrQiWR
bookshop.org/a/103053/9780143036593

2666 by Roberto Bolano
amzn.to/45ob15C
bookshop.org/a/103053/9780312429218

Cloudsplitter by Russel Banks
amzn.to/3MUtAYU
bookshop.org/a/103053/9780060930868

Ahab Sequels by Pierre Senges
amzn.to/49nV7cU
bookshop.org/a/103053/9781940625461

The German Lesson by Sigfriend Lenz
amzn.to/3YXImkc
bookshop.org/a/103053/9780811209823

Confessions of a Mask by Yukio Mishima
amzn.to/3YmfhyR
bookshop.org/a/103053/9780811201186

Empty Wigs by Jonathan Meads
amzn.to/44W3J9g
bookshop.org/a/103053/9781806770045

Underworld by Don DeLillo
amzn.to/45nysMu
bookshop.org/a/103053/9780684848150

White Noise by Don DeLillo
amzn.to/4qd2jj9
bookshop.org/a/103053/9780140077025

The Public Burning by Robert Coover
amzn.to/495UE08
bookshop.org/a/103053/9780802135278

Marshland by Otohiko Kaga
amzn.to/498OavW
bookshop.org/a/103053/9781628974041

The Logos by Mark Desilva
amzn.to/4q1aVsW
bookshop.org/a/103053/9781955904223

The Royal Family by William T. Vollmann
amzn.to/4aC88BO
bookshop.org/a/103053/9780141002002

The Eighth Life by Nino Haratischvili
amzn.to/3YSGCsB
bookshop.org/a/103053/9781950354146

The Sot-Weed Factor by John Barth
amzn.to/4pjYGqs
bookshop.org/a/103053/9781628973945

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